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Apple Maps follows Google, changes name of Lake Ontario to 'Lake America'
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1375236/apple-maps-follows-google-changes-name-of-lake-ontario-to-lake-america
www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9.7328843
Replying to @beep@piefed.world
something something ask me literally anything about using or contributing to OpenStreetMap or about what it is/the state of it. get hyperspecific; see if I give a fuck.
Source: reasonably long-time user and contributor
Replying to @TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
I did a bunch around me with street complete until it started asking the width of the roads. Is that actually useful?
I started filling in all the house names because nothing here is numbered. It hasn’t improved delivery drivers finding us 🤣
Replying to @Buckshot@programming.dev
As someone who has worked in the geospatial industry, yeah, width of roads is useful eventually. But probably only for land development or simply understanding what a road is.
Replying to @Buckshot@programming.dev
In the UK it’s common for country lanes to have a speed limit of 60 MPH, while only being metres (9 ft) wide. Including road widths is useful for some routing engines for both normal cars, and HGVs.